Please be patient with this forum as its only just in the throws of being set up. I hope to see it grow,with lots of new members joining in the coming weeks and months.

The reason this forum came into being is because the is no set place for people to share there monument experience's and pass advice and tactics on to other people who may be booked to fish the water.

Ive fished the place several times and really love the challenge it poses to the carp angler. Baits,tactics etc are always a dilemma and with everyone helping each other we hope to make things easier when fishing there through using this site.

So please share your info and pictures so we can build a great Monument information center. Encourage any friends you have who have fished there to join the forum so we can really get a good collection of information for each peg on the venue.

I know this isn't where this should be posted but I'm finding that I can reply to posts but can not start a new topic .maybe this is down to lack of newbies ???Hi I've just come across the site after looking up info on the monument as I and a mate have just booked up to do pegs 4&5 in March .this will be our first trip to the monument so any helpfull info tips will be gratefully received ..I've looked through this site and found some very informative info ,I can't believe that it hasn't took off more than it has !!!(I don't know why this is, it isn't hard to locate )

Firstly welcome to the forum. Your right,it has been very quiet on here! Did pick up for a time but i think people soon drift if its not really busy all the time. I also have been away doing other things (moving house etc) so didn't keep posting as often. Maybe we need to get sharing it on Facebook etc,try to get more on here? I like pegs 4,5 & 6,they are the ones i always try to book whenever i visit.

i have fished the monument on 4 seperate occasions however i have never fished on that side of the lake.my advice is keep up to date with which bait is catching just a few weeks out from your trip.i think that time of year the fish will be just waking up so with that in mind i would opt for smaller baits.small pva bags rather than a large bed of bait although spreading boiles around an area can work well on there.also small particles can score well that time of year too.as i say it's always best to keep up to date with what bait seems to be catching well as this gives you an idea what bait will be worth taking.most carp i have seen caught on there have always been on either boilies or corn.hope this helps.